Seargeant N. Talfourd Esq. of London, says to me in his letter of August the 11th 1841 — “I
transcribe my last effusion — on an occasion very dear to me.” The following Sonnet, composed in view of Eton
College after leaving his eldest son there for the first time, is the Effusion he alludes to.

I feel proud of having it in my power, of sending to you for publication in “Graham’s Magazine” an
original article from the pen of this high minded and gifted individual. Powerful as his intellect is, it is not more powerful, than his
heart is tender, and warmed by a parents’ [[sic]] feeling! From the buried treasures of his heart gushes sentiments
full of tenderness and love — and with a father’s feeling he is carried to that distant day when his son takes his
place in the toiling struggles of life. Thus he leaves him with a prayer to heaven, that he may pass its threshold without a blush
— and with a confiding hope in its mercy. (Yet he speaks it not) he looks “thro [[through]] the vista of long
years” to his son’s greatness.

With the sincere wish that this effusion may prove as acceptable to your numerous readers, as it will be gratifying to
you in receiving it, I am dear Sir, with remembrances,